Applications of differential geometry to econometrics

Dr Critchley | Economics | 01 April 1989

Children's needs coping strategies and understanding of woman abuse

Professor Audrey Mullender | Social Policy | 01 February 1997

This is a multi-methodological study of childrens understanding of woman abuse, how children who are living with women abuse cope, and an assessment of their needs from their perspectives and those of their non-abusing carers and relevant professiona ...

Term structure dynamics and the pricing and hedging of contingent claims

Dr Carverhill | Economics | 01 October 1990

The structure of career opportunities in organisations

Alan Brown | 01 January 1982

The research examines the fit between promotion aspirations and promotion opportunities achieved as a process of accommodation in the work situation by individuals, groups, organisations and occupations. The aim of the research is to arrive at an int ...

Prediction and assessment of multivariate assett price distributions with applications to value at risk

Professor Stewart Hodges | Management and Business Studies | 19 January 1998

The present research aimed at investigating plausible ways of producing forecasts for the multivariate distribution of financial asset returns, as well as appropriate testing procedures to assess ex-post the “goodness” of the forecasts. In particular ...

Automotive parts design as a professional service

Prof Slack | Management and Business Studies | 01 January 1996

The objectives of the research concern the nature of design relationships in the automotive industry. Specifically it is proposed that such design relationships are increasingly resembling the relationship between professional service providers and t ...

Employers as debt collectors:implem. & outcomes of attachment or earnings orders

Sociology | 01 January 1991

Employers can be used by the courts to obtain payments from those in arrears with fines, maintenance, housing and consumer credit agreements. The mechanism used is an attachment of earning order. Since 1957 the use of such orders has been gradually e ...

Unemployment and manpower utilization

Professor Robert Lindley | 01 January 1985

Much attention is now being paid to the contribution which differences in labour market flexibility might make to the explanation of international differences in unemployment rates and economic growth. Judgements of this kind, however, require a deep ...

Role of police in industrial disputes 1906-1926

Dr Weinberger | 01 July 1984

This project investigates how the police maintained order and enforced the law when the two came into conflict during industrial disputes between 1906, after the passing of the trades disputes act which legalised peaceful picketing, and the end of th ...

The restructuring of employment and the formation of a labour market in russia

Professor Simon Clarke | Sociology | 01 October 1996

The project builds on a programme of research on industrial restructuring in four regions of russia which has been under way continuously since 1991. All four regions (moscow, komi republic, kemerovo and samara) have experienced very substantial empl ...